By: Tom Richmond
March 2nd, 2020 | Posted in General
I had two people abruptly back out of my Caricature Illustration workshop taking place in Eagan, MN at the end of this month, so I suddenly have two open spots! This is a NEW kind of workshop… Caricature Illustration! My other workshops focus on teaching the art of caricature and only sample some of my illustration techniques. This workshop will be focused on the process of creating a caricature-based illustration from concept/roughs all the way to color final art. I’ll provides instruction on each phase, including: Concept, “narrative”, composition and rough sketches Final pencils and prep for inking Traditional inking with dip pen and brush… READ MORE
March 2nd, 2020 | Posted in MAD Magazine
This was one of my favorite TV parodies I ever did for MAD… Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” from MAD #530 Dec, 2014, written by Desmond Devlin. The parody opened with a single page “splash” with three of the main characters (see below), but then opened up into the two page spread you see above. This show was loaded with great characters and great faces. READ MORE
March 1st, 2020 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What’s your personal plan for retirement? Do you plan on drawing till you can no longer pick up a pencil or maybe just slow it down in stages and semi retire? Not that retirement is anytime soon. I always enjoy your posts so of course I hope you never retire. A: As far as working goes I’ll keep on freelancing/doing art as long as I am physically capable of it and as long as there are clients out there wanting to hire me. I’m not digging ditches, so while I have control of my mind and my hand I would not want to stop… READ MORE
February 29th, 2020 | Posted in News
I did an interview on the Chuck Load of Comics podcast yesterday at C2E2 where we discuss the status of MAD Magazine, I draw an awkward caricature of host Ryan and I make an official unofficial announcement about a little project MAD writer Desmond Devlin and I have cooking! READ MORE
February 28th, 2020 | Posted in General
…is in full swing! Stop in and say hello! READ MORE
February 27th, 2020 | Posted in General
I’ve done quite a bit of artwork for superstar ventriloquist Jeff Dunham over the years. A lot of it has been for merchandise like T-shirts, etc. but I have occasionally done concept work on possible new characters for his act. This is one of two “Hot Rod” illustrations I did for him, both with a big nod to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and the “Rat Fink” vibe. A few years ago I was drawing at my theme park operation at Valleyfair here in Minnesota when I couple sat down wearing Jeff Dunham tour T-Shirts. I had happened to have done the art for both shirts.… READ MORE
February 26th, 2020 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Thought I’d do something different todayk, and do my “Sketch o’the Week” in brush pens on bristol rather than pencil. I did a small “remark” head of this caricature of Christopher Reeve the other day for someone who ordered a copy of my Superman print from my website, and I kind of liked how it turned out so I did a bigger one for the SotW. As usual, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
February 25th, 2020 | Posted in General
One of the most important people in the world of MAD and E.C. Comics that you’ve probably never heard of passed away this past Sunday. Russ Cochran was a publisher and comics archivist whose love of the comics medium allowed later generations access to, and the subsequent enjoyment of, the legendary EC Comics line, including MAD. Russ published reprint collections of a number of terrific classic comics, but it was his The Complete EC Library that most people associate as his greatest endeavor. Over the course of 18 years starting in 1978, he published almost every EC comic in 66 hardbound volumes contained in 17… READ MORE
